document() to get root node of xml file???

Any light you can shed on this obscure topic of how to the get your
root node (for your xml data file), regardless of the current node context,
would be greatly appreciated!

Is it possible to use the xslt document() function to
get the root node of a non-file - in this case a tree
passed in a as param?

select="document($paramDocumentName)/Properties/Value"

if you have a single command to the document function it's a uri, so no it's
not possible, what you should do is use a nodeset function, if your
processor has an extension for that, for example saxon has
saxon:nodeset($paramDocumentName)/Properties/Value, if you're using a
processor that supports xslt 1.1 you don't have to use an extension to get
nodeset.

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